One angry McDonald's customer was most definitely not loving the packaging of her McChicken sandwich, heading to social media — and back to the fast food chain’s counter — with a theory about the wrapper’s possible hidden meaning.


“I thought they gave me the wrong sandwich but conveniently, McDonald’s changed their packaging,” the customer, @mahawi2850, explained in their now-viral (and removed) TikTok, pulling out the blue and white wrapper. “Wow. What does that resemble?”


Peeved over the packaging’s apparent resemblance to the Israeli flag, @mahawi2850 took their concerns back to the fast food chain, asking an employee about the offending sandwich wrap.



“What is this new packaging?” they asked a worker behind the counter.


“It’s the new McChicken wrapper,” he replied.


“But why is it blue and white?” the TikToker pressed. Though the employee said that they didn’t know why the packaging boasted those hues, @mahawi2850 was not convinced.


“I think you do know. This is in support of Israel,” she continued.


The cashier tried to explain that the blue and white packaging had been around for months — “We have had it though, because we also had the red one” — however they were still not buying it.


“I know this is not your fault because you’re an employee but I think this is disgusting for them to do this,” they added. "You know in your heart that this is clearly what this wrapper is for.”


“I didn’t know that though,” the McDonald’s staffer fired back.


But even with this insistence, it appears the blue and white wrapper was purportedly not Zionist propaganda.


Back in October, Reuters investigated the potential significance of the offending packaging following a similar viral post alleging that the McChicken’s new digs are to show the fast food giant’s support of Israel. Their team found not only that the generic packaging comes in a variety of colors, as the team member informed @mahawi2850, but that the blue and white variety had been in use long before October 7.


“White and blue wrappers are generic, and their use predates the October Israel-Hamas conflict,” wrote Reuters' Fact Check team of the viral rumor. “The generic wrappers also exist in other colors, and none are intended to make political statements, McDonald’s said.”


So take it from this apparently conspiratorial customer: Never judge a book by its cover … or a McChicken by its wrapper. Also, Google is your friend.